About Elite Hotels

A relaxing weekend, a business meeting or a special family occasion.

No matter what reason, I always want you to feel like a guest of honour at Elite Hotels. My team and I will do our utmost to make you feel at home and enjoy our welcoming, warm and comfortable environment.

Elite Hotels offer more than 30 quality hotels, from Kiruna in the north of Sweden to Malmö in the south. Every hotel has a special character and tells its own story. Most often you will meet us in a unique and carefully renovated building. Our aim is to unite a classic style with modern trends to create a memorable stay.

It all began at the end of the 1950s, when the Stockholm Student Union created an interesting business idea. The idea was to offer empty student rooms as hotel rooms during the summer and needless to say, it became a success. The organization was run as a foundation until 1980 when the business was transformed into a corporation, SSRS Holding AB, with Bicky Chakraborty at the helm.

Three years later, the prestigious Hotel Savoy in Malmö was acquired and the journey towards today’s quality profile begun. Since 1991, the organisation is run under the name, Elite Hotels of Sweden. Bicky Chakraborty is the sole owner.

Origins

The story of SSRS begins at the Stockholm Student Union. The objective to create an international centre for Swedish and international students came true when the student centre Forum was built. The centre was inaugurated by the then Minister of Education, Ingvar Carlsson, who also became Prime Minister. Bicky Chakraborty was the founder and initiator of the centre.

In 1980, SSRS Holding AB, was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of SSSB. Three years later the company acquired historic Hotel Savoy in Malmö and the development of SSRS (Stockholm Student Reception Service) started).

By January 1985, the expansion required a different ownership structure. Bicky Chakraborty took over the ownership of SSRS from SSSB with two listed companies, AB Aritmos and Skrinet AB.

Over the years the company's ownership changed several times and continued to be unstable until the end of 1998. Since January 1999, Bicky Chakraborty is the sole owner of SSRS Holding AB.

There was a time in Sweden when the tendency was to demolish the classic city hotels and replace them with modern hotels, inspired by American motels. The business idea to acquire and cultivate the tradition of a family run city hotel/guest house is strongly anchored. With commitment and excellent financial understanding the historic hotels have become profitable and this has subsequently offered opportunities to restore unique buildings with great care.

Current Operations

The company name (from April 1991) is Elite Hotels of Sweden AB. Elite Hotels is the largest privately owned hotel chain in Sweden with a total of 39 facilities in 25 cities, with 32 Elite Hotels in 19 cities and 7 Hotel Bishops Arms in 7 cities.

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK

Elite Hotels works toward and supports positive and sustainable societal development. Among other things, sustainable development means that present and future generations are ensured a good and healthy environment. For this reason, we have elected to certify all of our existing and future hotels with the global Green Key Eco-Rating.

We strive to offer products and services with the lowest possible environmental impact, all while retaining high quality and great customer experience. We endeavour to continuously improve our work in all pertinent areas such as energy, water, resource consumption, and chemical and waste management, so as to reduce our impact on the environment.

Elite Hotels works to increase competence, commitment and responsibility amongst our employees and guests so that we can create a truly eco-conscious company together. As a part of this work, we systematically inform our employees and guests about our progress, and we ensure that everyone participates in our environmental work by having clear routines and regular training. We prioritise suppliers who are environmentally certified and who work actively with sustainability.

By February 2020, our hotels and restaurants will only use shell eggs and processed egg products from free-range chickens. By 2021, we will not use any processed products containing cage eggs (such as pastries).

Staff & Guests

Our staff are kept updated and informed so as to increase their knowledge of and commitment to our environmental work.

We inform our guests about our environmental work, both at the hotels and online.

Our staff are happy to provide guests with tips and advice on how they can support our environmental work while staying with us.